Tempting though it was for me to return to Whixall Moss for a second go at snapping the celebrity White-faced Darters (Leucorrhinia dubia), I decided to try a little alternative entertainment – revisiting life before Odos, as it were. Besides,…

OK, now to the main reason for our trip into the unknown this weekend. Whixall Moss in Shropshire is home to the UK’s southernmost colony of White-faced Darters (Leucorrhinia dubia). There used to be a colony at Thursley Common NNR…

A couple of things came together to make our current June long weekend – well, longish weekend – our first UK trip of the year. Firstly, winter 2012 began in the UK sometime in April. As far as I can…